i² Film Club, an international independent film viewing, and discussion group meets the 4th Saturday of each month (January through September only) at 10:30 a.m. at the Jackson Branch Library (1700 North Florida Avenue). Refreshments are provided and each showing is followed by a guided discussion. Contact Brenda Patterson at 863-834-4276 or Brenda.Patterson@lakelandgov.net.
Craig Silvey's bestselling 2009 novel Jasper Jones is lauded in some circles as Australia's own answer to To Kill a Mockingbird and Stand By Me.
JASPER JONES is a coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the true killer. Set over the scorching summer holidays of 1969, Charlie defeats the local racists, faces the breakup of his parents and falls head over heels in love as he discovers what it means to be truly courageous.
